"as the young boy who is the first person to appear in the video. Let's Hear It for the Boy ""Let's Hear It for the Boy"" was the second number-one song for Deniece Williams and appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film ""Footloose"". It climbed to number one on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, as well as number one on the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in"
"posthumously in 1995. Along with Dean Pitchford, Snow wrote the song ""Let's Hear It for the Boy"" sung by American singer Deniece Williams for the film soundtrack ""Footloose"", which climbed to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. The track was certified Platinum by the RIAA and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. He also wrote the song ""Did You Hear Thunder"" with Pitchford for the George Benson album ""While the City Sleeps..."" (1986). Other films that Snow has written songs for include ""Oliver &"
"became a Top 10 pop hit as well, reaching No. 10. During 1983 she released her seventh studio album, ""I'm So Proud"", which got to No. 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was nominated for a Grammy in the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female category. Williams released the album ""Let's Hear It for the Boy"" in 1984. The title track reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was featured on the soundtrack to ""Footloose"". She also performed as a background vocalist on Stevie Wonder's 1985 album, ""In Square Circle"". Williams went on to release her 1986"
"in 1980, she would have two number one singles, and eight top ten hits in the decade. Tina Turner would top the charts with ""What's Love Got to Do With It"", she scored a total of six top ten singles. Donna Summer's She Works Hard for the Money was a continuation of the feminist movement started in the 70s, and a rally cry for those who worked hard and wanted to be treated fairly. She would have five top ten singles in the decade. Bruce Springsteen's ""Born In the USA"", AC/DC's ""Back in Black"", Def Leppard's ""Hysteria"", and Bon Jovi's"
"The use of melisma is a common feature of artists such as Deniece Williams, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, among others. The use of melismatic vocals in pop music slowly grew in the 1980s. Deniece Williams topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1984, with Let's Hear It for the Boy with her melismatic vocals. Although other artists used melisma before, Houston, her rendition of Dolly Parton's love song ""I Will Always Love You"" pushed the technique into the mainstream in the '90s. The trend in R&B singers is considered to have been"
"keyboardist, David C. Lewis, as well as an additional singer Royce Jones. In April 1980 Warner Bros. released ""One Eighty"", which produced two of the year's biggest hits. The first, ""Biggest Part of Me"", reached number three for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and crossed over to the soul chart, where it peaked at number thirty-five. The second, another blue-eyed soul hit, ""You're the Only Woman (You & I)"", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. ""One Eighty"" earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group. A headlining world tour followed. For the Japanese"
"from 2012). The Jackson 5's first 4 singles (including ""I Want You Back"") reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, all on Motown records. Michael Jackson (the ""King of Pop"", d. 2009) had 13 #1 singles (including ""Billie Jean""), more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era. Janet Jackson has 10 #1 singles (including ""All for You"") on the Hot 100. Deniece Williams, also from Gary, had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Let's Hear It for the Boy"" in 1984. Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 with ""Jump"","
"Sheena Easton, Amy Grant, Lionel Richie, Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Leo Sayer, Billy Ocean, Julio Iglesias, Bertie Higgins, and Tommy Page. No song spent more than six weeks at #1 on this chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat. Two of these were by Lionel Richie, ""You Are"" in 1983 and ""Hello"" in 1984, which also reached #1 on the Hot 100. In 1989, Linda Ronstadt released ""Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind"", described by critics as ""the first true Adult Contemporary album of the decade"", featuring American soul singer Aaron Neville on several of"
"3 Hot 100), ""Betcha Say That"" (No. 36 Hot 100), ""Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"" (No. 5 Hot 100), and ""Can't Stay Away from You"" (No. 6 Hot 100). ""Can't Stay Away From You,"" ""Anything for You,"" and ""1-2-3"" were all No. 1 Adult Contemporary hits as well. In that same year, Estefan took top billing and the band's name changed to Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. In 1989, the group's name was dropped, and Estefan has been credited as a solo artist ever since. In 1988, after the worldwide chart success of single ""Anything for You,"" her ""Let"
"saying, ""this track will fit right on a Michael Jackson or Madonna instrumental."" Alien Ant Farm successfully covered Michael Jackson's ""Smooth Criminal"", and Fall Out Boy came out with their own cover of ""Beat It"", later on. Bowling for Soup also had a hit with ""1985"", a nostalgic ode to the 1980s. 1980s pop star Cyndi Lauper released several albums, experimenting with different styles, like adult contemporary, pop, pop rock, electronic music and blues. These were critically acclaimed and received several nominations for Grammy Award, and Lauper saw significant sales throughout the decade. The radio format called Adult contemporary music"
"Hero"" by Bonnie Tyler, ""Girl Gets Around"" by Sammy Hagar, ""Never"" by Australian rock band Moving Pictures, ""Let's Hear It for the Boy"" by Deniece Williams, ""Somebody's Eyes"" by Karla Bonoff, and ""Dancing In The Sheets"" by Shalamar, and the love theme, ""Almost Paradise"" by Mike Reno from Loverboy and Ann Wilson of Heart. Some of the songs were composed by Eric Carmen and Jim Steinman and the soundtrack went on to sell over 9 million copies in the USA. The first two tracks both hit No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and received 1985 Academy Award nominations for"
"for #1"", it was a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot Singles Charts, peaking at number three, and a number one song on the ""Billboard"" R&B Charts during the summer of 1976. The single was later certified gold by the RIAA. Thirteen years later in 1989, it became a number one R&B hit again, with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the lead vocals on Quincy Jones' ""Back on the Block"" album, and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. It also topped the American dance chart in early 1990. This was Ray Charles' first No."
"Want to Hurt Me"" (1982), ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"" (1982) and ""Church of the Poison Mind"" (1983); Dexys Midnight Runners' ""Come On Eileen"" (1983); the Style Council's ""Shout to the Top"" (1984); Teena Marie's ""Lovergirl""(1985); Eurythmics' ""Missionary Man"" (1986) and Steve Winwood's ""Roll with It"" (1988). As the decade drew to a close, British artist Lisa Stansfield had considerable success on R&B radio, scoring three number-one R&B hits, the most popular being ""All Around the World"". A backlash ensued in the late 1980s as some black people felt that white people were cashing in on the popularity of their"
"had two iconic music videos for ""Addicted to Love"" and ""Simply Irresistible"". The Bee Gees 1987 single ""You Win Again"" reached number one, making them first group to score a UK #1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Other British artists who achieved success in the pop charts in the 80s included Paul McCartney, Elton John, Culture Club, The Fixx, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Kate Bush, Billy Idol, Paul Young, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Billy Ocean, Tears for Fears, UB40, Madness and Sade. In 1988, Irish singer Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career with"
"Chart. Devo's song ""Whip It"" went to number 14 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the year 1980. Kim Wilde's song ""Kids in America"" peaked at number 25 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1982. ""Kids in America"" was at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1981. Tears for Fears' album ""Songs from the Big Chair"" was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA less than a year after being released. Tears for Fears had four top ten hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 during the second half of the 1980s, with two of those hits both peaking"
"Phonographic Industry respectively. The music video was released in mid-April 1984. The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl. In 2011, country singer Jana Kramer covered the song for the remake of ""Footloose"". In 2017 the song was covered by UK Hi-Nrg dance artist, Allan Jay in aid of The Retired Greyhound Trust and their Let's Hear It For The Boy campaign. There is an official music video of this song, featuring Williams along with several young men, one of them being the singer Aaron Lohr"
"duet with The Look, he wrote ""Manic Monday"", a number two pop hit for the Bangles. Artists that covered his music included Tom Jones, who brought his version of the song ""Kiss"" into the top 40 for the second time in the decade. Melissa Morgan brought her cover of ""Do Me, Baby"" to the top of the R&B charts in 1986. Other notable artists that covered Prince during the 1980s were The Pointer Sisters and Cyndi Lauper. He also won an Academy Award for the song ""Purple Rain"". In 1989, Irish singer Sinead O'Connor would record a cover of his"
"by ""80's Ladies"", which went to number 7 and won Oslin the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Grammy Award for Song of the Year, as well as the number 1 hits ""Do Ya"" and ""I'll Always Come Back"". In between these two singles, she was also a duet vocalist on Alabama's number 1 hit ""Face to Face"", although she did not receive chart credit for it. ""This Woman"", her second RCA album, produced five singles: ""Money"" at number 13, ""Hold Me"" at number 1, ""Hey Bobby"" at number 2, the title track at number 5, and"
"one #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Strangers in the Night"" in 1966. Frankie Valli (who was portrayed in the play Jersey Boys) had 7 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including ""December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"". Kool & the Gang had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Celebration"" in 1981. Bon Jovi had 4 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Living on a Prayer"" in 1987. Whitney Houston (d. 2012) had 11 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including ""I Will Always Love You"" in 1992. P.M. Dawn had one #1 hit with"
"#8 in 1978. Shaw's ""Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)"" was a second radio hit and reached #29 the same year. The title track also received significant airplay. Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the band enjoyed its greatest success. Their 1978 album ""Pieces of Eight"" found the group moving in a more straight-ahead hard-rock direction and spawned three Shaw sung hit singles ""Renegade"" (#16 in the US) and ""Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)"" (#21 in the US), plus a minor hit ""Sing for the Day"" that stopped just short of the Top Forty at #41. Their 1979 album"
"within the Top 10, with the exception of Lovesexy. In the 1990s, he infamously changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in response to a record dispute with Warner Brothers. He went on to sell over 120 million records worldwide and win 7 Grammy Awards. Madonna and Whitney Houston are regarded by many as the most groundbreaking female artists of the decade. The keyboard synthesizer and drum machine were among the most popular instruments in music during the 1980s, especially in new wave music. After the 1980s electronic instruments were no longer popular in rock but continued to be the"
"John Travolta, Erik Estrada and Greg Evigan PSA of 1980: Give a Kid a Book PSA Mr. & Ms. 1980: Ronald Reagan & Daisy Duke Born in 1980: Christina Aguilera, Post-it notes, ethnic Barbie dolls and Macaulay Culkin End Credit Video is Devo's ""Whip It"" Makeout songs of 1981: REO Speedwagon - ""Keep on Loving You"", Foreigner - ""Waiting For a Girl Like You"", Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - ""Endless Love"" Babes of 1981: Olivia Newton-John, Donna Dixon, Valerie Bertinelli, Kathleen Turner and Sandra Day O'Connor Hunks of 1981: Patrick Duffy, Burt Reynolds, Harrison Ford, Mick Jagger and Richard"
"a neo-traditionalist whose national success began in the early 1980s, enjoyed success as both a radio artist (17 No. 1 songs) and as a movie star (1992's ""Pure Country""). Alabama, the most successful country band of the 1980s, continued their run of popularity with sell-out concerts and best-selling albums, while topping the country chart five times. Among older artists having big hits, Conway Twitty was one of the most successful, scoring two Top 3 hits with ""Crazy in Love"" and ""I Couldn't See You Leaving"", while Eddie Rabbitt had a No. 1 hit with ""On Second Thought."" Dolly Parton had"
"Hot 100 and ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart. Country star Juice Newton also achieved country-pop success with several crossover hits in the early '80s, including ""Queen of Hearts"", ""The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"", and Grammy-winner ""Break It To Me Gently,"" also penning ""Sweet Sweet Smile,"" the only country hit for easy-listening act The Carpenters. Former pop acts, such as Exile, Merrill Osmond (both solo and with his fellow Osmond Brothers; sister Marie Osmond also had a career renaissance in this period), Bill Medley (formerly of The Righteous Brothers), Tom Jones, Michael Johnson, Billy Joe Royal, B. J. Thomas, Nicolette"
"a single in the UK. There were three No. 1 hits in the US for the songwriters, the other two (which were chart-toppers on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs and the Adult Contemporary listings respectively) being ""Thanks"", performed by Bill Anderson, and ""My Boy"", sung by Elvis Presley. In the early 1970s, Martin bought the former home of John Lennon – Kenwood, St. George's Hill – although he later sold it and now lives in Belgravia, London. The songwriters also wrote for the films ""The Water Babies"" and ""Carry On"" and a number of television theme songs. Having triumphed in"
"lead. By 1980, singer Gallahad had been replaced by Ben Ellison. The group released two more singles written and produced by Greenaway; ""Don't You Know a Lady (When You See One)?"", featuring Nolan, and ""We Are United"", with Humphreys taking the lead. The single ""Don't You Know a Lady"" was also released by former Sweet lead singer, Brian Connolly. In the end, neither artist made much progress with it in the charts. During this time, the group continued to promote themselves with television appearances and radio interviews. The members appeared individually on the covers of ""Oh Boy!"" magazine. In 1980,"
"800 The National Harmonizers Is Your All On The Altar / Death Comes Knocking 1954 801 John Brim Strange Man Blues / Mean Man Blues 1954 802 Henry Smith Dog Me Blues / Rockin' Chair Boogie 1954 803 ? 804 Gene Allen Trying To Get Rid Of The Blues / My Darling Bernice 1954 805 Maceo Merriweather Worried Life Blues # 2 / Strange To Me Blues 1954 806 Calvin Frazier (a) / Jimmy Milner (b) Sweet Bread Baby / Longing for You 1954 807 Gene Seals She Don't Want Your Rocking / Hurry Back Home 1954 808 Choker Campbell"
"during the 1980s and saw great commercial success, such as David Bowie, Phil Collins, John Lennon, Billy Ocean, Sheena Easton and Paul McCartney. Many British pop bands also dominated the American charts in the early 1980s. Many of them became popular due to their constant exposure on MTV, these bands included The Human League, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Wham!. Between the four, they have had 9 U.S. number ones with hits like ""Don't You Want Me Baby"", ""Karma Chameleon"", ""The Reflex"" and ""Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"" In the later part of the decade Rick Astley, George Michael"
"as a solo artist, Terence Trent D'Arby, and Fine Young Cannibals all found chart success. At the beginning of the 1980s, Australian artists like Olivia Newton-John, Men at Work, Air Supply and AC/DC all had chart success, later in the decade INXS scored hits. Olivia Newton-John's hit Physical would top the Hot 100 for 10 weeks and be the decade's biggest hit in the US, she would have six top ten singles during the 80s. American artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Kool & the Gang, The Pointer Sisters, Billy Joel, Hall & Oates, Prince, Kenny Rogers and"
"song hit #1 on March 31, 1984, and stayed there for three weeks. Five weeks later (May 26, 1984) Deniece Williams’s ""Let’s Hear It for the Boy"" went to #1, as well. Four more songs from the soundtrack charted in the Top 40; ""Almost Paradise,"" which reached #7, was co-written with Eric Carmen, and was performed by Mike Reno of Loverboy and Ann Wilson of Heart; ""Dancing in the Sheets,"" which reached #17, was co-written with Bill Wolfer, and was performed by Shalamar; ""I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man),"" which reached #22 and, like the film's title track, was co-written"
"Indigo Girls, k.d. lang, Queen, David Bowie, Little Richard, Esquerita, Melissa Etheridge, Janis Ian, The B-52's, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones and Marc Almond, among others. The 1980s saw increased exposure to LGBT culture, namely genderbending and cross-dressing, in the music industry with artists such as Culture Club, George Michael, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, Dead or Alive, and Erasure. Gay icons during this decade included Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Britney Spears, Melba Moore, Loleatta Holloway, Jessica Lowndes, Gloria Gaynor, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Bob Mould, Madonna, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford. An increase in pro-LGBT laws and artists"
"You Really Want To Hurt Me"", ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"" and ""Karma Chameleon"". As well as Boy George having his own UK number one with his cover of Bread's ""Everything I Own"", he is considered a major icon of this era. Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood's initially controversial dance-pop gave them three consecutive UK number ones in 1984, until they faded away in the mid-1980s. Dead or Alive, also from Liverpool, was another popular dance pop band in the mid-1980s. It was fronted by lead singer Pete Burns. Probably the most successful British pop band of the era"
"singles, and 17 top 10 singles. By 1980, the disco production of the 1970s, largely dependent on orchestras, is replaced by a lighter synthpop production. In the second half of the 1980s teen pop has its first wave. Bands and artists include New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Tommy Page, New Edition, Stacey Q, The Bangles, Madonna and others. Prominent American Urban pop acts of the 1980s include Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer and Diana Ross. Artists such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Hall and Oates, Billy Joel, John Mellencamp, Bon Jovi, Prince, Kool"